Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was an interesting peace to read. ... It sounded like the only reason the man shot the elephant was to uphold is image for the natives. ... I got from this was that he had to shoot the elephant because he came all this way with his rifle and there was no backing out now or he was loose respect and show that he is weak to the natives. ... I thought that the last paragraph was ironic because of how he did not want to shoot the elephant when he did; the elephant had a long miserable death. I think it was hard for the guy to watch the elephant die like that...

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In "Shooting an Elephant", why does the police officer shoot the elephant? ... The actual killing of the elephant takes place near the end of George Orwell's short story, "Shooting an Elephant," when the police officer shoots at the elephant. The officer kills the elephant because of peer pressure. ... When the officer first encounters the elephant, he states, "I ought not to shoot him." ... In conclusion, peer pressure caused the shooting of the elephant. ...

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A rifle musket can shoot very accurately at 800 yards and fairly accurate at 1100 yards and with the help of minie-ball and breech-loading system it can shoot more rapidly. ... Artilleries are considered one of the most deadly weapons on the battlefield because they can take out many enemies in a single shot and shoot more than 5 miles. ... In fact, it was a six-sided bolt Wang 5 from a Rebel sharpshooter that killed Union General "Uncle John" Sedgwick during the fighting at Spotsylvania Court House just after he had remarked to a frightened soldier that Confederate sharpshooters cou...

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